The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Chattanooga

The Good:

Cam Newton: A tough week for sure for Cam but he rebounds nicely and continues producing Heisman worthy numbers. That asshole from the Orlando Sentinel aside, it seems like most voters are taking a “If he is eligible, than it’s all good” approach. He scores 5 touchdowns and doesn’t get player of the week. I guess they had to give it to one of the fat kids in gym class this week.

Mario Fannin: Sure it was junk time against a terrible team, but Mario showed flashes of brilliance in his limited action. He only had 8 rushes, but he averaged 12 yards a carry and ran for two impressive touchdown runs. It makes me sad because I think all Auburn fans expected him to rush for those kind of yards against real teams when it really mattered. Still, it shows a lot about him that he’s doing whatever it takes to earn back the trust of the coaching staff.

Terrell Zachery: Great game. He has had quiet year in comparison to 2008. Games like this show that he is still a great down field option. His speed will allow him to be a threat to break off a huge play at any moment.

Neil Caudle’s 35 yard run: So that was unexpected. Well, maybe not too unexpected. He tore a long one off last year and this play was no different. He really has more speed than anyone gives him credit for. I really hate it for him that he can only get in during the junk time of junk time, but I’ve never heard him complain once. He’s ok in my book.

The Bad:

Punting: This is becoming a serious problem. It’s a good thing our offense is so good or else both these guys would be losing a lot of games for us. These are scholarship athletes and they are averaging 36.89 yards a punt. We are ranked 96^th in the nation just behind North freaking Texas. We have definitely been spoiled over the last few years with great punters including Duval, Bliss, and Durst, but this has got to improve.

Second team defense: I don’t think it’s any surprise that the back ups to a poor defense are even worse. If this is the future of the team than I am officially saying this is a now or never year to get a National Title. They gave up two incredibly long (and easy) drives to the Mocs and it was not pretty to watch. I guess the only place they can go is up.

The Ugly:

Clark’s shank punt: It’s not often that your humble Auburn blogger can claim to out perform the athletes on the team, but I at least got off a 25 yarder in the park after the game.

Darvin’s drop: He claimed he lost it in the sun and I will choose to believe him because I refuse to accept the fact that Darvin Adams lets a touchdown pass bounce off his facemask unless there are other worldly factors at play.

Missed extra point: BYRUM!!

Carr dropping the punt: Yeah he got it back, but now he’s thrown the job wide open. Let me state this here and now: I DO NOT like Darvin Adams returning punts. That is just begging for him to get hurt on a special teams play that doesn’t matter. Carr needs to step up and lock down on that job because if Darvin gets hurt fielding a punt, I blame Carr.